Gurda Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Gurda is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 114 families residing. The Gurda village has population of 569 of which 286 are males while 283 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurda village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 14.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurda village is 990 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurda as per census is 1051, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gurda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurda village was 36.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gurda Male literacy stands at 50.61 % while female literacy rate was 21.90 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gurda village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Gurda village.

Gurda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	114	-	-
Population	569	286	283
Child (0-6)	80	39	41
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	176	80	96
Literacy	36.40 %	50.61 %	21.90 %
Total Workers	203	158	45
Main Worker	146	-	-
Marginal Worker	57	26	31

Caste Factor

Gurda village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 30.93 % of total population in Gurda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gurda village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Gurda village out of total population, 203 were engaged in work activities. 71.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 203 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 59 were Agricultural labourer.